1.2m Candidates Sit For 2023 NECO SSCE

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Over 1.2 million candidates are sitting for the on-going 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, conducted by the National Examinations Council, NECO, in Nigeria.

NECO Registrar, Professor Dantani Wushishi revealed this in Jos, Plateau State capital, on August 04, 2023, while monitoring the conduct of the examination in some Schools.

Professor Wushishi stated that out of the number, 601,074 candidates were male while 584,814 were female.

While expressing his satisfaction with the general conduct of the 2023 SSCE based on reports obtained from across the country, the NECO Registrar noted the 2023 SSCE, which would be concluded next week, is the best organised in recent years.

He added that various measures have been put in place to check examination malpractice, saying that the measures have started yielding positive results.